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  • The NVA and Viet Cong

    by Kenneth Conboy, Ken Bowra ...
    Series Book 38 - Elite
    In 1940 Japan placed Vietnam under military occupation, restricting the local French administration to a figurehead authority.Seizing the opportunity, the Communists organised a Vietnamese independence league, the Viet Minh, whose armed forces became known as the PAVN (more commonly known to the West as the Vietcong, or NVA) and prepared to launch an uprising against the French at the war's end ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The War in Cambodia 1970–75

    by Kenneth Conboy, Ken Bowra ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the troops that fought in Cambodia in the 1970s.Kenneth Conboy and Ken Bowra's detailed text discusses all the US and Cambodian forces, including Special Operations, and summarises the course of the war. Alongside the text, uniforms are shown in full illustrated detail, highlighting the varied range of military clothing used ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The War in Cambodia 1970–75

    by Kenneth Conboy, Ken Bowra ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    This book examines the uniforms, equipment, history and organisation of the troops that fought in Cambodia in the 1970s.Kenneth Conboy and Ken Bowra's detailed text discusses all the US and Cambodian forces, including Special Operations, and summarises the course of the war. Alongside the text, uniforms are shown in full illustrated detail, highlighting the varied range of military clothing used ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

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  • War on Our Doorstep: The Unknown Campaign on North America's West Coast

    The Unknown Campaign on North America's West Coast

    by Brendan Coyle ...
    In June 1942, Japanese troops occupied the Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska in Alaska, the first enemy occupation of US territory since the War of 1812. For the next year a bloody conflict raged that was nearly invisible to most North Americans as Canadian and American soldiers, airmen and sailors went north to hold the Japanese in check.This is the complete story of the war in the North Pacific ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Foreign Planes in the Service of the Luftwaffe

    by Jean-Louis Roba ...
    This pictorial history shows the full extent of captured foreign aircraft used by Nazi Germany during WWII.No air force in the Second World War would make more use of captured planes than the Luftwaffe. With this in mind, military historian Jean-Louis Roba has tracked down hundreds of such aircraft with rare images that illustrate their uses, careers, and eventual fates. Foreign Planes in the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Malayan Emergency & Indonesian Confrontation

    The Commonwealth's Wars, 1948–1966

    by Robert Jackson ...
    A military history of the two campaigns British and Commonwealth forces fought against Communist terrorists in Malaya during the mid-twentieth century.The struggle with Communist terrorists in Malaya known as The Emergency became a textbook example of how to fight a guerrilla war, based on political as much as military means. This book deals with both the campaign fought by British, Commonwealth, ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Special Forces at War

    An Illustrated History, Southeast Asia 1957–1975

    by Shelby L. Stanton ...
    "A rare insider's experience paired with a scholarly historical approach, making it an essential standout for any military library." — Midwest Book ReviewMore than 8.7 million Americans reported for military duty in Southeast Asia, but only a select few wore the Green Beret, the distinctive symbol of the U.S. Army Special Forces. These elite soldiers played a crucial role during the protracted ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Valley

    Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam

    by Martin Windrow ...
    "A meticulous and masterly narrative" of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, which doomed the French Empire and led America into Vietnam ( Wall Street Journal ).In December 1953, French paratroopers searching for the elusive Vietnamese army were quickly isolated by their enemy and forced to retreat. They took refuge in their outgunned and desolate jungle base—a small place called Dien Bien Phu.The ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • V-1 Flying Bomb 1942–52

    Hitler’s infamous “doodlebug”

    by Steven J. Zaloga ...
    Series Book 106 - New Vanguard
    The first deployment of the V-1 was in June 1944 when, following two years of tests, Hitler gave the order to attack England.Known to the Allies as the "Buzz Bomb" or "Doodlebug", the V-1 was the world's first cruise missile. This book explores the V-1 in detail, from its initial concept, first use in 1944, the various Allied counter-measures, and the later use of the V-1 during the Battle of the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Stuka - Trumpets of Jericho

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    This comprehensive overview of the Stuka dive bomber was compiled by Emmy Award winning historian Bob Carruthers. It draws heavily on post war interviews with Luftwaffe pilots and staff officers to produce a fascinating insight into the Stuka at the tactical and operational level.Also featured are rare English translations of articles are taken from the pages of Der Adler, the Luftwaffes in-house ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Mosquito Missions

    RAF and Commonwealth de Havilland Mosquitoes

    by Martin W. Bowman ...
    The Wooden Wonder was probably the most versatile combat aircraft that operated on all fronts in World War Two and was still giving valuable service in first-line service after 1945 when it enjoyed a limited renaissance both at home, in Germany and abroad until the advent of jet aircraft. Martin Bowmans well-tried and respected formula of incorporating background information with scores of RAF, ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Battle Story: Tet Offensive 1968

    by Andrew Rawson ...
    By the end of January 1968 the American people thought their armed forces were winning in South Vietnam after three years of escalating conflict. Then the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong struck back, hitting military and political targets across the country. While the NVA and Viet Cong suffered a military defeat, they dealt a huge blow to US support for the war. If you want to understand what ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus